DisplayLink Ubuntu 25.04

[bwieckow]

I've just upgraded my Ubuntu to 25.04 and my DisplayLink completely stopped working. No longer extending my screens. It doesn't recognize any additional displays.

Here is my display link driver version

sudo apt install displaylink-driver
displaylink-driver is already the newest version (6.1.1-17).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libabsl20220623t64 libdbus-glib-1-2 libiw30t64 libopenfec libroc libwebrtc-audio-processing1 postgresql-client-16
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0


Please let me know if you need any additional data

[StewPid11]

I had the same issue right after I took the update to mutter. I've tried reinstalling displaylink to see if it would redetect but so far to no avail. :(

[StewPid11]

ok...went off the deep end today trying to get this resolved...so annoying. Anywho...I did purge the install of displaylink...rebooted...then I autoremoved dkms and evdi...rebooted...and reinstalled...and all of a sudden my unsupported driver was working again and my displays came back on. Good luck bwieckow

[bwieckow]

StewPid11, coudl you please share step by step solution so I would be able to reproduce it properly on my end and give it a try?

[bwieckow]

Ok I took a chance and I made it work as well. Thanks StewPid11.

Here I am going to present detailed step by step operations to achieve the ultimate goal.

1. Remove driver sudo apt remove displaylink-driver
2. Run autoremove (it should show at least two packages to be removed: dkms and evdi) sudo apt autoremove
3. Reboot
4. Set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.
5. Run sudo do-release-upgrade
6. Go to https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu and download Latest Official Driver. DO NOT try to install it with APT Repository.
7. Unzip it
8. Give executable perms to the unzipped script chmod +x displaylink-driver-6.2.0-30.run
9. Run script and accept (Y) all questions/promptssudo ./displaylink-driver-6.2.0-30.run

Done :)